Welcome to the ADBA website

ADBA is the trade association for the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry in the UK and companies and organisations working on novel technologies and processes that compliment the anaerobic digestion process and products. With our members we promote the economic and environmental benefits of AD in the UK.

Anaerobic digestion is the simple, natural breakdown of organic matter into biogas (carbon dioxide and methane) and organic fertiliser called digestate. It is a similar process to that which takes place in the stomach of a cow.

Why join ADBA?

Supply Chain – ADBA is where our industry meets to share ideas, learn best practice – and do business. Being a member of ADBA means you are part of the entire AD community, to build relationships and business partnerships.

Operators – At ADBA we know that our industry is new – and ever-changing. ADBA members can rest assured that they have access to the latest technical information, interpretation of regulations and personal advice from our expert team. Being a member means you can access the knowledge and experience of the whole market.

Events

We run a range of events throughout the year to increase awareness of the anaerobic digestion industry and bring the industry together. From our trade show in July, which brings together over 3,500 visitors and more than 200 exhibitors, to our intimate working groups we offer great events all year round.

Case study: Huber - Barkip

Case study: Barkip AD plant

SSE at their Barkip Anaerobic Digestion Plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland wanted to remove the oversize material from their digestate prior to centrifuging and evaporating the Centrate for disposal. The plant was already operating so whatever was fitted needed to be retrofitted into the plant with the minimum of disruption and power consumption. The AD plant handles a mix of up to 75,000Tonnes per annum comprising Animal manures and food waste and produces up to 2.5MW of electricity.

By careful design, Huber have managed to install their totally enclosed Strainpress® in the pipeline to remove the plastics and oversize from the sludge cake and Centrate without the need for an interim pumping station. The low headloss across the Strainpress® and secure segregation of the inlet and outlet points make the Strainpress® ideal for this application.

Figure 1 Huber Strainpress and gantry

Huber supplied a package comprising of a gantry to span the client’s waste skip, access stairs and controls. The platform was fully works assembled so that the site time and disruption was kept to a minimum with only the legs and the Stairs being assembled on site.

Figure 2 Cake discharge of the oversize from the Nozzle

The screened and compacted oversize is compressed to a cake of about 50% Dry solids thus minimising the disposal costs.

Figure 3 The cake contains plastics and fibres that have passed through the digester

Huber are pleased to have helped Zebec overcome this oversize solids removal and increase the chances of the plant reaching PAS110